Potential energy consumption reduction of automotive climate control systems
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

In recent years fuel consumption of passenger vehicles has received increased attention by customers, the automotive industry, regulatory agencies and academia. One area which affect the fuel consumption is climate control systems. Twenty-one energy saving measures were evaluated regarding the total energy use for vehicle interior climate using simulation. Evaluated properties were heat flow into the passenger compartment, electrical and mechanical work. The simulation model included sub models of the passenger compartment, air handling unit, Air Conditioning (AC) system, engine and engine cooling system. A real-world representative test cycle, which included tests in cold, intermediate and warm conditions, was used for evaluation. In general, few single energy saving measures could reduce the energy use significantly. The measures with most potential were increased blower efficiency with a reduction of 46% of the electrical work and increased AC-system disengage temperature with a reduction of 27% of the mechanical work. These results show that the operation of the climate control system had a large effect on the energy use, especially compared to the required heating and cooling of the passenger compartment. As a result energy saving measures need to address how heating and cooling is generated before reducing the heat flow into the passenger compartment.

HVAC

Air conditioning

Simulation

Fuel consumption

Automotive

Climate control systems

Författare

Filip Nielsen

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Installationsteknik

A. Uddheim

Volvo Cars

Jan-Olof Dalenbäck

Chalmers, Bygg- och miljöteknik, Installationsteknik

Applied Thermal Engineering

1359-4311 (ISSN)

Vol. 106 381-389

Ämneskategorier

Energiteknik

Annan naturresursteknik

Energisystem

DOI

10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.137

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